"Because I remember and think about him every day. And I think how many days has it been, it goes through my mind. You’re not going to forget it, ever. No parent would forget,” she said.

Each day without him doesn’t go unnoticed. She says the not knowing is the hardest.

"At the end of the day you still have this heartbreak inside and this horrible feeling inside,” said Toliver. “There's nothing that helps, it's a horrible place to live in your mind and in your heart.”

Deep down, she wishes the red-haired, blue-eyed boy will walk through her doors again one day.

"I do hope in my heart. And my husband hopes that Charlie is out there somewhere living his life the way he wants to live it.”

For now she waits, holding onto hope and the things she has left.

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